Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Eggnog Cookies {recipe}

The smells of the season make it FEEL like Christmas. I love walking into a house and smelling cinnamon, or freshly baked cookies, minty hot chocolate, or the scent of pine. There is nothing like it. This month I hope to share with you some yummy recipes that are comforting and make it taste and feel like the holidays are right around the corner.

Traditionally, December makes most people think about baked goods. So in conjunction with that, my first December post is an amazing cookie recipe.

My hubby loves eggnog. Me...I can have about half a glass before I am done (it is so rich!). I do love the taste, though, which made me think these cookies would be right up my alley. They sure were :)

The eggnog flavor is definitely not overwhelming, and the eggnog glaze was a perfect compliment to the cookies itself. Enjoy!

1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C)2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.3. Cream sugar and butter until light4. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks; beat at medium speed with mixer until smooth.5. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed until just combined.6. Do not over mix7. Spoon onto un-greased cookie sheets or parchment paper and make the dough balls rather small, they will spread generously in the oven. 8. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.9. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until the edges barely start to brown.10. While cookies are in the oven, make the eggnog glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar with 3 T eggnog.11. Gaze your cookies warm or cooled and top with cinnamon. Recipe Source: Your Cup of Cake

2 comments:

You had me right away with egg nogg...love to drink it but yes, it is so rich and too many calories...but...cookies...yummy! I'll be using your recipe on Friday when I finally buckle down and get baking...pictures look so delicious too!